Measuring Community College Effectiveness: The Tennessee Model

Mayes, Larry

doi:10.1177/009155219502300103

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“…For example, one branch of this literature has focused on the evolution of legislatively mandated accountability policies and programs. Although most of this research has focused on accountability programs mandated by state legislatures and state policy makers (e.g., Banta & Fisher, 1984;Banta, Rudolph, Van Dyke, & Fisher, 1996;Dougherty & Hong, 2006;Harbour, 2002;Harbour & Nagy, 2005;Laanan, 2001;Mayes, 1995;Pfeiffer, 1998;Stein & Fajen, 1995) some of it has examined the recent intervention of the Congress and the federal executive branch in articulating new expectations for colleges and universities (Derthick & Dunn, 2009;Ewell, 2008). In addition, researchers have examined the increasing influence of market forces in shaping higher education accountability (e.g., Bok, 2003;Dill, 1997Dill, , 2003Dill & Soo, 2004;Harbour, 2006;Kirp, 2003;Massy, 2004;Newman, Couturier, & Scurry, 2004;Williams, 1995Williams, , 2004.…”

Section: Prior Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Community College Accountability Network: Understanding Institutional Accountability at Aspen Grove Community College

Harbour

Davies

Gonzales-Walker

2010

Community College Review

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This article reports on a qualitative, interpretive case study examining how trustees, administrators, faculty members, and staff members at a rural community college understand their institution's accountability environment. Data analysis and interpretation established that participants conceptualized institutional accountability as dialogic, involving ongoing communication with state authorities, employers, students, high schools, and universities about the formal and informal expectations assigned to the college. In addition, participants' understandings of accountability were shaped by their specific roles and responsibilities within the institution. The study's findings suggest the need for further research on how local institutional contexts influence institutional responses to accountability expectations.

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Section: Prior Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Community College Accountability Network: Understanding Institutional Accountability at Aspen Grove Community College

Harbour

Davies

Gonzales-Walker

2010

Community College Review

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“…A second thread in the literature describes and analyzes the various accountability programs adopted over the last 25 years (e.g., Banta & Fisher, 1984;Harbour, 2002;Mayes, 1995;Pfeiffer, 1998). There has been a steady increase in such programs since the mid 1980s and they have tended to evolve in a similar manner (Burke, 2001;Harbour, 2002;Zumeta, 1998).…”

Section: Accountability Initiativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Institutional Accountability Model for Community Colleges

Harbour

2003

Community College Journal of Research and Practice

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Community college leaders must manage an increasingly complex institutional accountability environment. In this environment, accountability demands may be based on explicit or implicit standards and presented by a variety of stakeholders (Alfred, 1997;Kearns, 1998; Lannan, 2001). Practitioners must identify, analyze, and prioritize diverse accountability demands while respecting the institution's culture, history, and commitments to open access and the comprehensive mission. In this article I propose a model for managing a community college's accountability environment and show how it can be applied. This model incorporates an accountability framework developed by Kearns (1998) to show how specific demands can be analyzed. It also integrates contributions by Christensen (1997) and Vaughan (1985) to explain how the college's mission, culture, and history should be considered in this process.

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“…al., 1977). Tennessee's higher education performance funding program, reported to be the oldest in the nation, has been the subject of extensive analysis and interpretation (Banta, 1985;Banta, 1988;Banta & Fisher, 1984;Banta, Rudolph, Van Dyke, & Fisher, 1996;Mayes, 1995;Thompson & Riggs, 2000).…”

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“…However, there is still a shortage of published research on performance funding and performance budgeting in community college education. Mayes' study of the standards used for performance funding by Tennessee's community colleges is a notable exception (Mayes, 1995). Pfeiffer's report on workforce development that measures for performance funding in Florida is another (Pfeiffer, 1998).…”

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confidence: 99%